Editing Gepard-class frigate (section)

=== Sri Lanka ===
[[Sri Lanka]] began talks for the credit purchase of a Gepard 5.1 frigate in 2017 and the Sri Lankan cabinet approved the proposal by President [[Maithripala Sirisena]] for the purchase of the ship in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/171203/columns/271546-271546.html |title=Deal for Rs. 20 billion++ Russian patrol vessel this week, company chief comes in private jet |date=December 3, 2017 |work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]] |access-date=2017-12-04}}</ref> But the Deal was unsuccessful due to sri Lankan economic issues and political ideological issues.